Central Eastside Altares Y Muertos Bike Ride with Milagro

Bike riders from the 2023 Central Eastside Altares Y Muertos Bike Ride pose in front of a large mural of a kitten and roses

 

Celebrating Portland’s longest-running Day of the Day celebration, the 2025 Central Eastside Muertos Celebration marks 30 years of Día de los Muertos programming!

The Street Trust is proud to partner with El Centro Milagro for the fifth year in a row to co-produce the
5th Annual Central Eastside Altares Y Muertos Bike Ride

Saturday, November 1, 2025
El Zócalo @ Milagro – 537 SE Stark Street (entrance on SE 6th Ave)
12:00 pm – Bike decorating
12:30 p.m. – Altar Tour bike ride departs

Details:

For this FREE community event, Milagro staff will give all riders a garland of artificial marigolds, whose orange and yellow colors are believed to represent sun and light, helping to guide spirits back to the world of the living. This year’s bike ride marks a powerful transition–crossing the bridge to expand partnerships into the Northeast, uniting two neighborhoods through Mexican tradition, art, and collective memory. The ride will join Lloyd EcoDistrict’s Blumenauer Bridge Witching Hour Celebration.

Preview our five-mile route (subject to slight changes), that features intermittent stops at participating business locations that are hosting their own altars for public viewing. The ride is a slow-paced, stay-together, family-friendly loop, with built-in stops for the altar visits. The public is encouraged to dress in costume and decorate their bikes for the occasion. Milagro partners with Central Eastside Together to match member businesses with Latino artists to create altars, which are displayed throughout the Festival.

2025 Muertos Altars made by Ideal PDX artists:

  1. El Zócalo @ Milagro | Artists: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas, Yathzi Turcot
  2. New Deal Distillery | Artists: Ximena Morales, Savina Monet
  3. River City E-Bikes | Artist: Ximena Morales
  4. Literary Arts | Artists: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas, Marilyn Shawe, Marybelle “Marbe” Olea
  5. Nossa Familia Coffee | Artist: Marilyn Shawe
  6. Cargo Inc. | Artist: Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas
  7. Classique Floors + Tile | Artist: Marybelle “Marbe” Olea
  8. Bar Botellón | Artist: Santa Garcia Yurchenco
  9. The Street Trust Bike Altar (this “mobile altar” will be bicycle-towed along the route! And installed at Point West Credit Union at the end of the ride) | Artists: Carolina Dulanto, Atzin Xomalli-Lagunas

Parked bikes decorated with marigold garlands

 

The Street Trust’s participation in events with El Centro Milagro is made possible with support from Metro and the Federal Transit Administration.
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